If Sony comes out with an updated version in October, and it can do a few things well that the A7 could not, it's very possible the A7 could fall to about $1000 or less by December. As I said, it's definitely quality with a few quirks, and I think it's generally a raw shooters camera. What it does have going for it is great custom-ability, pretty good image quality at high iso, and good tools for manual focus, so at $1000 or less it would be a steal.